Mister Cellophane (Chromatic)
by Fred Ebb & John Kander · posted by EarthDogHarpin
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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Mister Cellophane (Chromatic)
From the movie “Chicago”
Words by Fred Ebb, Music by John Kander
Range: B3 to G5 4/4 Time
Key of G Major
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71wILjr_Yvs
Tab Notations:
none = blow - = draw * = button in
____= hold . = lower register (Notes below Middle C; first 4 of either 16 hole chromatic or 12 hole Tenor “C” chromatic)
Intro
7 7 -5 -5 -5* -5* -3* -3* -5____ -4 -3* -3_____
-1 3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4
If some-one stood up in a crowd
-1 3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4
and raised his voice up way out loud
-1 -3 -3 -1 -1 -3 -3 -1
and waved his arm and shook his leg,
1 -.4 1 -1___
you’d no - tice him._
-1 3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4 -1
If some-one in the mov-ie show yelled
3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4
“Fire___ in the sec-ond row!
-1 -3 -3 -1 -1 -3 -3 -1
This whole place is a pow-der keg!”
-1 -3* -3 3___
You’d no - tice him.
3 -2* -2* -2* -1 2 2 2 1* -.4___
And e - ven with-out cluck-ing like a hen,__
-2* -2* -2* -1 2 2 2 1* -.4___
ev-‘ry one gets no-ticed now and then,_
3 -3 -3 -3 -2* 3 3 3 2 -2*___
Un-less, of course, that per-son-age should be
3 -3 2 -1* 2 -3 2 -1* 2 -3____
in–vis–i–ble in–con–se–quen–tial me.___
-2* 2 -1_____ 2 -1 -2* 2 -1___ 2 -1
Cel-lo-phane,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane_ should have
3 2 -1____ 2 -1 3 2 -1_____ -1 2 2*
been my name,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane,_ ‘cause you can
-2* -2* 2 -1__ -2* -2* 2 -1__
look right thru me,_ walk right by me__
-3* -3* 3 -3* -3_ 3 -1 2 2*
and nev-er know I’m there. I tell ya
-2* 2 -1_____ 2 -1 -2* 2 -1____ 2 -1
Cel-lo-phane,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane_ should have
3 2 -1____ 2 -1 3 2 -1_____ -1 2 2*
been my name,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane,_ ‘cause you can
-2* -2* 2 -1__ -2* -2* 2 -1__
look right thru me,_ walk right by me__
-3* -3* 3 -3* -3 3_____
and nev-er know I’m there.
Bridge:
7 7 -5 -5 -5* -5* -3* -3* -5____ -4 -3* -3_____
-1 3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4
Sup-pose you was a lit-tle cat
-1 3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4
re-sid-in’ in a per-son’s flat,
-1 -3 -3 -1 -1 -3 -3 -1
who fed you fish and scratched your ears;
1 -.4 1 -1___
you’d no - tice him._
-1 3 3 -1 -1 2 2 -.4 -1 3 3 -1 -1
Sup-pose you was a wom-an wed, and sleep-in’ in a
2 2 -.4 -1 -3 -3 -1 -1 -3 -3 -1
dou-ble bed be-side one man for sev-en years;
-1 -3* -3 3___
You’d no - tice him.
3 -2*-2* -2*-1 2 2 2 1* -.4___
A hu-man be-ing’s made of more than air.__
3 -2* -2* -2* -1 2 2 2 1* -.4___
With all that bulk you’re bound to see him there,
3 -3 -3 -3 -2* 3 3 3 2 -2*___
Un-less that hu-man be-ing next to you___
3 -3 2 -1* 2 -3 2 -1* 2
is un–im–press-ive, un-dis-tin-guished
-2* 3 -3______
you know who.____
3 -2 -3* 3 -2____ 3 -2
Should have been my name,_ Mis-ter
-3* 3 -2_____ -2 3 3* -3 -3 3 -2__
Cel-lo-phane,_ ‘cause you can look right thru me,_
-3 -3 3 -2__
walk right by me,_
-5* -5* -3* -5* 4__ -3* 3 -3 -3*
and nev-er know I’m there. I tell ya
-4 -3 3______ -3 3 -4 -3 3______
Cel-lo-phane,_ Mis-ter Cel-lo-phane__
-3 3 4 -3 3_____ -3 3
should have been my name,_ Mis-ter
4 -3 3_______ 3 -3 -3* -4 -4 -3 3__
Cel-lo-phane,__ ‘cause you can look right thru me_
-4 -4 -3 3___
walk right by me,_
-5* -5* 5 -5* -5__ 5______
and nev-er_ know I’m_ there._
-5* 5 -5* 5 7_________
Nev-er e - ven know______
-5* 5______________________
I’m there._________________
Spoken:
“I hope I haven’t taken up too much of your time.”
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